Spare-tire carrier



Oct. 28, 1930. J G|| MORE 1,779,877

SPARE TIRE CARRIER Filed OCT. 17, 1929 INVENTOR BY f@ g fab/7 A67/mare ATToR/VE Y 'n Patented (Jer-28,1930v l, l' 1,779,877

UNITED, srxrss 'eA'rEgNr Application filed October 17, 1929:. SerialllTo. 400,295.

My invention relates to auxiliary tire sup,- t-hrough registeringopenings in the Shanks ports and more particularlyto a collapsible toreceive nuts foi-'securing the arms together.l

support adapted to be mounted on a Wheel `Tlie'two members are pivotallyconnected supported tire. by links l5 and vlbzliaving opposite Vends,

5 Spare wire wheels having hubs projectingv mounted on bolts 17 intheslianks adjacent beyond the planes of the rims and carrying the hooks,thus pivotallycomiecting the sim? tires are frequently carried onautomobiles. 'ilarends of the arms vvlierebythe'device may Ordinaryhangers for auxiliary tires cannot be spread for installing the'hoolrs 7onthe convenient-ly be mounted on the spare Wheel Wheel tire. Y 1- y i nbecause the bar of the tire support passing The members aretlius'fheldinspaced rece the axis of the Wheel is interfered With bylationto provide an aperturethroughWhich the hub thereof. f s the liubofi the Wire Wheel anditheproje'cting A parctiular object of myinvention thereportions of the'vfi're spokes may extend.,l V fore is toprovide a collapsible auxiliary tire The'pivotjally connected membersmay'thus y15 support adapted for mountingv on a Wire bee'xtended-to-formarectangularframe for lee wheel supported tire to receive and support'mounting on, the Wire Wheels, the upper'inan auxiliary tire. f .'Wardlyprojecting vhoolrsjengaging the Wheel. in accomplishing these and otherobjects `supportedtireat spaced points'on each side of the invention, Ihave provided improved of the vertical diameter of the Wheel and thel gndetails of structure, the preferred forms of `outwardly projectinglovver hooks being-held "b which are illustrated in the accompanying inspacedirelation ina similar manner to redraivings, wherein: ceive theauxiliary tire.V f i Fig. l is a perspective view of the rear por-Thehoolrsand 8y are preferablybent outtion of an automobile, a spareWire Wheel Wardly laterally Vvvith respect tothe axes of f 25 mountedthereon and my improved auxiliary the arms to locate the inner surfacesof the 1 tire support mounted on the spare Wheel for hooks at greaterdistances from the extendsupporting a spare tire. ed vertical diameterofthe supported tire Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of thanwould be the case if the arms and hooks y the tire support. f Werestrictly aligned and thus provide'more :zo Fig. 3 is a side elevationyof the rear end Widely spacedfupperl hooks for the'wheel i Of theilltOlDObllQ and ll Wlle Wheel and .Supported 'tire and spaced lowerhooks for SPM@ SUPPOYQ@ WFGOU- the auxiliaryl tire. ,"Straps 18 areprovided Bel'mg 1H demi t0 the drawings fork securing the auxiliary tiretov the Wheel. l designates gelefauy an. mol-110ml@ and In using theinvention, the lengths of the 35 2 ivire wheel having` a projecting hub3 and arms may bel adjustedi to provide` for. @utep mounted the skeleton`'frame of the devicefon the Y f. t Y' Wire wheel and the upper hoolrs`mounted My device comprises a pair of members e Y th h 1 L l t. d th and6 having inwardly extending hooks 7 on er, e Wde' tsuporptec llr W1 l. emem: upper ends to engage the tire of the Wire ers pre@ a era 0 mdmmun?ey Wheel androppositely outwardly extending telland the'COnneCtmg'l-mS'lymg homzon' hooks 8 on their other ends to receive a spare taly tire9. Each member preferably comprises The auxha'ry tire mayithen bemounted 0n a pair of arms or hook members having oarthe lower hooks andth? Strap's may be em' like Shanks 10 Provided with Openings 11 "ployedto secure the auxiliary tire to the Wire 'as adapted to register toreceive bolts l2 and 13 Wheel-j Each* membelfhus SUPPOTS one POF;whereby the Shank 0f one arm may Overlie tion 0fl he'il'c andthearmsiuefletalneol 1H the other arm for aligning the Shanks and spacedrelationy by the pivoted linlrsvvhich may be adjusted therealong forvarying the serve to anchor-onemember Vto the opposite 5e length of themember, the bolts extending member.v f f 'i190 The device may be removedfrom the wire wheel and collapsed for storage.

The device may be mounted on a rim-supportedtire to form a substantialsupport for an auxiliary rim-supportedtire, whether or not the rims aepermanently secured to wheels.v

It is apparenti-that `when( an auxiliary spare tire is mounted on a wirewheel, the

A m yhub of the auxiliary wheel is accommodated inthe opening of theframe,' and wlientlie spare tire 1s also mounted on a spare wheel,

the frame accommodates the hubsofbo'th' two pairs of arms, eachpair-having inwardkeach other and being ly extending hoo s on one endand outwardly'extending hooks on theother end, the Shanks of the arms ofeachjpair overlying provided with registrao ble openings to receive.bolts for attaching one arm to the other, and links pivotallyconnectedto similar arms of the pairs adjacent the 'hooks'thereof toforma frame.y

4. An auxiliarytire support. comprising two pairsi of arms havinginwardly extending hooks on one end and outwardly extending hooks on theother,Y the shanks of the arms of-each pairoverlying eachother, ad-

- justable-means-for connecting the arms, and

links pivotally connected to similar arms adjacent the hooks thereofwhereby the support may be spread.

5. In a device of the` character described for supporting an auxiliaryhubbed wheel provided with a tire from anautomobile sup-V ported tire,apairrof arms havinghooks on one end to engage the automobile supportedtire and hooks on the other end tok receive the auxiliary wheel, andlinks pivotally connect;- ing said arms toform a vcollapsible frameadapted to accommodate the hub `of said wheel.

6. An auxiliary tire support, comprising pairs of hook members having'aligned Shanks secured together, and members `con necting `the shanksrtoform a rectangular` frame. Y

7. An auxiliary vtire support comprising; a pair of laterally spacedhooks adapted to rest over the upper portion of the'tread of a sparetire', a second pair of laterally spaced hooks arranged' belowtherespective meinbers of the rst pair of hooks and adapted to receive thelower part of a. second spare tire farranged substantially parallel withthe irst tire, laterally spaced longitudinally adjustable means forconnecting they respective members of the upper pair with the respectivemembers of the lower pair of hooks, andrvertically spaced transversemembers for connecting said last described members forming asubstantially rectangular frame with an open centralportion forreceiving the'wheel hub. V

In testimony whereof I aHX my signature.

JOHN L. GILMORE.

